Jaipur:

In an obvious swipe at Congress chief Sonia Gandhi, Prime Minister Narendra Modi at present mentioned “those that can’t win elections have abandoned the sphere” and develop into Rajya Sabha members from Rajasthan. This comes months after Mrs Gandhi was elected a member of the Higher Home of Parliament, unopposed. Earlier than her Rajya Sabha stint, Mrs Gandhi has represented Congress stronghold Rae Bareli in Lok Sabha for twenty years. She has additionally represented Amethi for 5 years. 

The Prime Minister was in Rajasthan’s Jalore to marketing campaign for BJP’s Lumbaram Choudhary, who’s taking up Congress’s Vaibhav Gehlot, son of former Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot. The Jalore constituency is a BJP stronghold, with the occasion successful it constantly for twenty years.

In at present’s rally, the Prime Minister questioned if Congress MPs representing Rajasthan in Rajya Sabha raised the state’s points. “The Congress despatched a South chief to Rajya Sabha from Rajasthan. Has he by no means spoken about Rajasthan? No. You additionally despatched former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to Rajya Sabha. He was unwell, however did you see him in Rajasthan? And now, you’ve gotten saved one other chief. Those that can’t combat elections, win elections have abandoned the sphere and are available to Rajya Sabha from Rajasthan,” he mentioned, with out naming Mrs Gandhi.

Presently, six Congress MPs symbolize Rajasthan in Rajya Sabha — Sonia Gandhi, Neeraj Dangi, Randeep Singh Surjewala, KC Venugopal, Pramod Tiwari and Mukul Wasnik; solely Mr Dangi is definitely from Rajasthan.

The Prime Minister mentioned the individuals of Rajasthan had “punished” Congress within the first part of Lok Sabha polls in Rajasthan. Twelve out of 25 seats within the state had voted within the first part final Friday. The remaining will vote this Friday.

“Rajasthan is seeped in patriotism. It is aware of that Congress can by no means make a robust India. The nation doesn’t need such a Congress authorities. The nation doesn’t need the pre-2014 scenario to return,” he mentioned.

Attacking the Opposition occasion along with his oft-repeated “distant management” barb, the Prime Minister mentioned, “Nobody revered the Prime Minister. The federal government was run by distant management.” The barb is a normal line of assault utilized by the BJP, by which it claims Mrs Gandhi was the de facto Prime Minister within the Manmohan Singh-led authorities.

The Prime Minister additionally took a veiled swipe at Congress chief Rahul Gandhi over the 2013 episode by which he had mentioned a UPA authorities ordinance to protect convicted lawmakers from disqualification should be “torn up and thrown away”. 

“Simply think about, a cupboard word is torn up at a press convention by a ruling occasion chief. Can such a weak dispensation make the nation robust?” the Prime Minister requested, saying that the Congress was chargeable for its present scenario. “The occasion that after received 400 (Lok Sabha) seats can’t even contest 300 seats now. They aren’t getting candidates,” he mentioned.